DATABYTES

COMPILED BY MICHAEL GIBBONS
INFOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY I-SHAN CHEN

The 74,170 students who graduated as engineers in 2008 did so with the help of more than 24,000 engineering faculty, about a 3-to-1 ratio. Roughly half of all faculty members are full professors. In general, the nation's engineering faculty ranks are slowly diversifying. Each minority group in the charts above is currently at its highest rate of representation.

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Highest Ratio of Bachelor's Degrees to Faculty by School*
University	Ratio
1. California State Poly. U., Pomona	7.84
2. California State University, Fresno	7.12
3. Kettering University	6.91
4. Embry-Riddle Aero Univ., Prescott	6.36
5. University of North Florida	6.31
6. San Jose State University	6.26
7. Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs	6.04
8. California State University, Chico	5.82
9. University of Central Florida	5.69
10. California State Univ., Northridige	5.63
11. U.S. Naval Academy	5.61
12. Michigan Technological University	5.51
13. Lawrence Technological University	5.50
14. California Poly. State U., San Luis Obispo	5.46
15. Northern Illinois University	5.44
16. Worcester Polytechnic Institute	5.41
17. Florida International University	5.33
18. Roger Williams University	5.29
19. San Diego State University	5.25
20. Pennsylvania State University, Erie	5.11
*Minimum of 50 B.S. degrees awarded. 251 schools fit this criterion for this table. Faculty refers to tenured/tenure-track faculty members.

Lowest Ratio of Bachelor's Degrees to Faculty by School*
University	Ratio
1. George Washington University	0.81
2. California Institute of Technology	1.08
3. Yale University	1.13
4. Princeton University	1.38
5. Stanford University	1.41
5. University of California, Santa Cruz	1.41
7. Harvard University	1.57
8. University of Cincinnati	1.64
9. University of Mississippi	1.65
10. William Marsh Rice University	1.69
11. Howard University	1.70
11. University of Rochester	1.70
13. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology	1.73
14. Cleveland State University	1.78
15. Brown University	1.79
15. Northwestern University	1.79
17. Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga	1.81
18. University of Tulsa	1.84
19. University of New Mexico	1.86
20. Wayne State University	1.88
*Minimum of 50 B.S. degrees awarded. 251 schools fit this criterion for this table. Faculty refers to tenured/tenure-track faculty members.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Engineering Faculty Demographics, Fall 2008*
Asian	22.7%
Hispanic	3.5%
African-American	2.5%
Women	12.3%
* Includes faculty data from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Number of Engineering Teaching Personnel by Rank, Fall 2008
Assistant Professor	5,610
Full-Time NonTenure-Track Personnel	2,459
Associate Professor	6,562
Full-Time Equivelant of All Part-Time Personnel	1,209
Full Professor	12,029

*Additional college data is emailed monthly to all ASEE members through ASEE’s CONNECTIONS e-newsletter www.asee.org/publications/connections

Data source: American Society for Engineering Education.

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